Syndicate Bank PO Exam Analysis 25 Feb 2018: Shift 1

Today, Syndicate Bank PO Examination is over.Syndicate Bank has conducted its online examination today, and the first shift is over now. This Computer Based Test was conducted by Syndicate Bank to select candidates for the admission to PGDBF course who will be further appointed as PO in the various branches of the Bank. After Syndicate Bank PO 2018 Shift-I is over, aspirants who will be appearing in the next shift must be eager to know about the Examination's level and Syndicate Bank PO Exam Analysis 25 Feb 2018: Shift 1, Types of questions asked, all of which can help them to appear in the next shift.

Without wasting any moment, we discuss the Syndicate Bank PO Exam Analysis 25 Feb 2018: Shift 1 for which you all waiting for. Keep on reading to know it all about types of questions asked in 2017-18’s Syndicate Bank PO Exam.

Syndicate Bank PO Exam 2018 - Exam Highlights (1st Shift)

As per the students who have appeared in this shift, the Overall level of the exam was Moderate.

English Language

2 New types of Error Spotting questions were asked.Details are given in English Langauge Section Analysis.Level of English Language was moderate.No cloze test was asked.

General Awareness

There were no questions from the Budget 2018-19. The level of the question was easy to moderate.

There were no major changes in Numerical Ability & Reasoning section.

Syndicate Bank PO 2017-18 Exam Overall Analysis

The Online Examination had two parts, first was the objective test which had four sections namely English Language, Quantitative Aptitude, Reasoning Ability, General Awareness and there were 50 questions for 50 marks in each section. The objective test had a composite time of 2 hours for all four sections. The second was the Descriptive Writing test of English Language which had 2 questions for 50 marks and candidates had to complete it in the time duration of 30 minutes.

SECTIONS

GOOD ATTEMPTS

No. of Questions

Max. Marks

Reasoning

25-30

50

50

English Language

22-29

50

50

Quantitative Aptitude

28-32

50

50

General Awareness

28-34

50

50

TOTAL

115-130

200

200

Syndicate Bank PO Exam Analysis Section-Wise

Reasoning Exam Analysis: ( Easy-Moderate )

There were 4 sets of puzzles and Seating Arrangement which are given below:-

Linear (1 Question) - 1 Variable

Floor Based - 2 Variable

Circular Seating Arrangement - 3 Variable

Box and Cities Arrangement Puzzle - 2 Variable

Random Arrangement based Puzzle ( 8 people working in different companies in different cities) - 3 Variable

Syllogism also included questions having "can never" clause and Data Sufficiency included questions based on Direction Sence, Comparison of heights, linear arrangement.

Topic

No. of Questions

Level

Puzzle and Seating Arrangement

21

Moderate

Syllogism

4

Moderate

Inequality

5

Easy

Machine Input Output

5

Easy

Data Sufficiency

5

Moderate

Alphabet

1

Easy

Passage Inference

2

Moderate

Course of Action

2

Moderate

Statement and Assumption

2

Moderate

Statement and Conclusion

2

Moderate

Order and Ranking

1

Easy

Total

50

Easy-Moderate

Quantitative Aptitude Exam Analysis: ( Easy-Moderate)There were 4 sets of data interpretation, following were the types of DI:

Tabular - It was Calculative in comparison to other DIs and represented data of loan provided by 4 different banks

Pie Chart - It represented the data/ratio of Scale-1 and scale-2 RRB Officers in 4 different cities.

Liner

Caselet

Topic

No. of Questions

Level

Data Interpretation

20

Moderate

Quadratic Equation

5

Easy-Moderate

Number Series (Missing)

5

Easy-Moderate

Approximation

5

Essay

Data Sufficiency

5

Moderate

Partnership

1

Essay

Problem on Ages

1

Essay

SI and CI

1

Essay

Profit and Loss

1

Essay

Ratio and Proportion

1

Moderate

Work and Time

1

Moderate

Speed and Distance

1

Moderate

Miscellaneous

3

Easy-Moderate

Total

50

Easy-Moderate

English Language Exam Analysis: ( Moderate - Difficult )The level of this section was moderate to difficult in comparison with the rest of the examination. There were 2 sets of reading comprehensions and they also included 2 vocabulary based questions of synonym and antonym. The reading comprehensions were based on a topic of financial technology and banking and the other RC was related to some new technology launched in France for children.

There were around 10 questions of error detection which included questions two categories:

A sentence was given in parts and one part was marked as bold and that part was grammatically correct. Out of the rest, there were 2 parts having grammatical errors in them and the candidate had to identify those two parts.

3 sentences were given out of which candidate had to identify the sentence(s) which were grammatically correct.

Topic

No. of Questions

Level

Reading Comprehension

20

Moderate - Difficult

Double Filler

5

Moderate

Error Detection

10

Moderate - Difficult

Phrase Replacement

5

Moderate - Difficult

Sentence Rearrangement

5

Moderate - Difficult

Connectors

5

Moderate - Difficult

Total

50

Moderate - Difficult

General Awareness Exam Analysis: ( Moderate)

The level of GA was moderate and maximum number of questions were from current affairs of January and February. Apart from this, there were also questions of banking and financial awareness and around 8-10 questions were from static awareness. 7-8 questions were of abbreviations and questions related to Climate Change summit, capitals, details in currency notes were also asked. No questions were asked from the Union Budget 2018